My Top 15 Games of All Time: #10

We are here in the top 10 of my favorite games of all time and it was not easy to make this list. I am sure I will make some huge glaring omissions, but I will say it's been fun to go back through my back catalogue reminiscing on some of my favorites.

We are in the middle of Marvel Movie Mania and I for one have been loving every second of it. I'm going to take this time to mention that Guardians of the Galaxy is my favorite Marvel movie yet. It was amazing and hilarious. If you haven't seen it yet, make sure you do. My sister, who had no clue what she was going to see, loved it too.

But before the Guardians and the Avengers made it to the big screen, the best way to see your favorite heroes team up to take down the bad guys was on my 10th favorite game of all time.

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#10 - Marvel Ultimate Alliance - First released October 24th, 2006 (Xbox 360, Xbox, PS3, PS2, PC, PSP, Game Boy Advance, Wii)

Ultimate Alliance was the next step after the successful (and quite fun) X-Men Legends games. It's an action-RPG set in the Marvel Universe where you can control an entire army of characters ranging from the regulars like Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor, to the lesser used characters like Daredevil, Moon Knight, and Ghost Rider. Any Marvel fan has to love the ability to control so many characters to beat the hell out of some of the biggest and baddest names in the Marvel Universe, such as M.O.D.O.K. and Doctor Doom himself.

Putting 4 heroes of the same team together gave you an extra boost, so putting the Fantastic Four together gave you a stat bonus, same with the Avengers, the X-Men, the Defenders, and so on. While it certainly helped, it was never NECESSARY to do so, leaving the player free to choose their favorite heroes and go nuts. 

The story opens with Doctor Doom and The Masters Of Evil attacking the Helicarrier, leading Nick Fury to put out a call to all super heroes to stop this threat, the first 4 to respond are Cap, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Thor. Game start! From that point on, the game says "Hey, you like Marvel, right? Here you go!". From then on out it is so much fan service, with the first few bosses being Scorpion, Bullseye, Winter Soldier, the list goes on and on.

The game also takes you to several well known Marvel locations, like Atlantis with Namor, Stark Tower, Asgard, and so on. Beyond the main storyline, you find collectibles along the way that open up hero-specific side stories which, upon completion, unlock a new costume you can level up. There are around 3 to 4 different costumes which have their own stats, and they are all costumes taken right out of the comics. Want to be Symbiote Spidey? Brown and Yellow Wolverine? Yellow Daredevil? Go right ahead.

I would say my favorite heroes to play as were Daredevil, Deadpool, Blade, and Ghost Rider. I always love seeing Daredevil in a game, FYI. It was also great to see lesser used characters get their due. DLC came out later adding even more heroes and playable villains, including Cyclops, Hawkeye, The Hulk, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Sabretooth, Venom, and the ability to play as Doctor Doom.

Another big standout from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance were the cinematics, take a look for yourself.

The game looked incredible, played great, was a fun and rewarding Action-RPG, and was a love letter to all Marvel fans. Sure, MUA 2 was also a great game that focused on the Civil War aspect, giving us 2 different storylines, but that first game was absolutely incredible and what every Marvel fan wanted. Hopefully they look into a MUA 3 on these new systems, but until then, we have this instant classic and my 10th favorite game of all time.

Excelsior!